Environmental science classroom

With Fall on it's way for my friends in the northern hemisphere and spring down here I thought I would share this easy experiment any one can do any time of the year. Earlier this year Sir N and I spent a delightful day out at Barwon Waste Management Education Centre where we helped in an experiment called Compost in a Bottle. This is a wonderful experiment you can do at home and watch over the year to see what happens. You will Need Strips of news paper Blood & Bone (garden fertilizer)…

Celebrate Earth Day with 27 delightful classroom activities and bulletin boards decorations! April 22 is Earth Day! Earth Day is a holiday where people worldwide work together towards one critical goal: making our Planet a cleaner, safer place. Bulletin boards are a fun teaching tool that doubles as a classroom…

Rachael M.Ed Science Teacher on Instagram: “Things I am thankful for- teaching science in a *science* classroom! I am so grateful for these dang sinks 😂 What is your teaching…”

Objective 1 : To be able to explain the causes of soil degradation Starter: Collect some soil in a tub and ask students to rub a small amount into the worksheet to the right. Then write down...

Every time I spend seven hours in a professional development workshop it changes my teaching for at least a week. I guess I need frequent reminders that human beings are not meant to sit in a hard chair for seven hours with occasional restroom breaks and a 30-min. lunch break. It's interesting that when we are in the role of students, we call it a good day when there's lots of opportunity for movement, group work, and a little fun in our work, but we don't provide those things for our…

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